Attention Quote by Howard Rheingold

“Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.”

Howard Rheingold

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Kerouac was this kid who exemplified something happening.

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